Background
Justice Innocent was born on September 21, 1953 at Rivers State, southern Nigeria.
Justice Innocent was born on September 21, 1953 at Rivers State, southern Nigeria.
He attended Saint Vincent Secondary School where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1971.
Before he proceeded to the University of Lagos where he obtained a bachelor"s degree in Law in 1976, the same year he joined services of the Nigerian Television Authority where he was appointed Assistant Legal Adviser to the corporation. On August 1993, he was appointed a Judge of Enugu State High Court and after four years of meritorious service, he was nominated by the Federal Government of Nigeria to serve in the Supreme Court of the Gambia.